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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no7.413

The Effect of Workforce Restructuring on Withdrawal Behavior: The Role of Job Insecurity, Career Plateau and Procedural Justice  

PARK, Kwang-Heum (Business Administration)
YOUN, Sa-Jean (School of Business Administration, Daejeon University)
MOON, Jaeseung (School of Business Administration, Daejeon University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.7, 2020 , pp. 413-424 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examines the direct effect of workforce restructuring on the withdrawal behavior and mediating effect of perceived job insecurity. Empirically it also explores the moderating effect of career plateau and procedural justice on the above relationship. The study focuses on the mediating role of job insecurity and the moderating role of career plateau in relations to procedural justice, which will concentrate on the relationship between workforce restructuring and withdrawal behavior. For the empirical study, we collected and analyzed 442 survey data from employees of Korean companies. SPSS 24 is used for reliability, correlation and regression analysis. The results of the empirical analysis are as follows. First, perceived job insecurity mediated the relationship between workforce restructuring and withdrawal behavior. Second, content career plateau had a negative moderating effect on the relationship between workforce restructuring and job insecurity. Finally, the moderating effect of procedural justice was not supported. This research extend workforce restructuring and career plateau related studies; by exploring the mediating variable and moderating variable on the relationship between workforce restructuring and the pertaining outcomes. Based on the results, we provide theoretical and practical implications along with future research recommendations.
Keywords
Workforce Restructuring; Career Plateau; Job Insecurity; Procedural Justice; Withdrawal Behavior;
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